Diana DeGette actually said...

"It is called 'Protection from Cumulative Emissions and Underenforcement of Environmental Law Act.' And that is my bill."

"What I really can't understand is how not either of their witnesses or one of the Members is willing to talk about how we address cleanup of these environmental justice areas."

"Do you think that this hurts the ability of the local neighbors to actually move forward in supporting their communities, when they see that the Government just doesn't even care?"

"It will leave a stain on who we are as Americans since we would be exchanging the religious freedoms of tribal people for a promise of jobs and profit offered by a foreign mining interest."